Mary’s Blog

Today we went to Iceland (the shop not the country!) We decided to take a detour on the way to have a look at La Finca golf course near Algorfa. The course includes a few lakes of varying sizes and … Continued

Last week we had a few days away in Mojacar, stopping overnight in the Sierra Espuna on the way back. This was not really a birding trip but, of course, we were always on the lookout for interesting species! On … Continued

A hardy group of five braved a very cold and cloudy day to take advantage of the new, later opening times at El Hondo. The previous 8.15am start was too much of a challenge for me and would have involved … Continued

Today we went to El Clot to check the bird situation for Stefano who is arriving here from Italy on Wednesday. We parked at the far end and walked along the path until we came to the point where the … Continued

Today eight of us from Gran Alacant joined the Costa Blanca Bird club’s February field trip. On route we ticked off Little Owl and Marsh Harrier before meeting the others at the San Felipe visitor’s centre. The group set off … Continued

The ‘third amigo’ has been replaced! Well not really but while Bryan is away on the Isles of Scilly, we arranged to go out for a few hours birding with CBBC Member and part time GA resident, Mark Etheridge. Mark … Continued

We have been hoping to see Waxwings all winter and have been checking local bird sightings websites regularly. Before Christmas the birds were all over Staffordshire but we were still in Spain. By the time we came back for Xmas … Continued

It is our second week in England and we have managed a short visit to our local patch at Belvide Reservoir. There was lots of activity at the woodland feeders where we watched Blue Tit, Great Tit, Marsh Tit, Long … Continued

Last week we returned to England to attend the funeral of my Mum’s oldest friend, who died aged 91.The funeral was sad but it went as well as these things can go. While we were in the area we had … Continued

I had arranged to meet Brenda, who is a member of my Facebook bird group, at the Clot, as she lives in Gran Alacant and I thought it would be nice to put a face to the name. Dave and … Continued